Trousers-stretcher.



A. M. STENDAL.

TROUSERS STRETGHER.

APPVLIOATION FILED JAN. 19, 1911.

1,015,093,, Patented Jan. 16,1912.

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ASTOR M. STENDAL, 0F BRAINERD, MINNESOTA.

TROUSERS-STRETCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1912.

Application filed January F9, 1911. Serial No. 603,535.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Asron M. STENDAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brainerd, in the county of Crow ing, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers-Stretchers; and I do hereby declare the followlng to be a full, clear, and exact descriptlon of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to trousers hangers and has for an object to provide a device of this character which will permit of the trousers being stretched longitudinally and transversely and will. effectively remove that distortion of trousers knees commonly (C 7 known as bagglng.

A further object of the invention is to provide a flexible trousers hanger that may be readily adjusted to various sizes of trousers within a minimum time and with minimum manual labor.

\Vith the above objects in view the 1nvention consists of the novel details of, construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing a trousers hanger embodying my improvements in applied position. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the trousers hanger with the wings swung open. Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 3-3 Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of reference designate sim ilar parts, 10 designates an ordinary coat hanger which is provided at its opposite ends with depending hooks 11, each hook being formed from a single length of spring wire looped upon itself, and the terminals of the loop bent back in the same direction and forming upwardly opening hooks. The bight of the loop is fixed to the coat hanger in any preferred manner, and the hooks engage the suspender buttons of the trousers band.

Depending from the coat hanger is a sectional rod 12, the rod being preferably composed of three sections adjustably connected at their meetings by screws 13 or the like. The uppermost section is equipped with a split ring 11- which is engaged through the bight in a staple 15 disposed on the concave face of the coat hanger. The sectional rod is thus loosely secured to the coat hanger.-

rod as shown at 19. A ring 20 encircles the.

free end of both rods, and by .yirtue of the tapered portion of one of the rods, may be slided toward the hinged end of the rod in order to bind the rods tightly against the trousers bottoms. A pin 21 is passed through the squared portion of the rod 16 and through the sectional rod 12, there being formed in. the latter rod a plurality of openings 22 which receive this pin and permit of the trousers bottom clamp being adjusted longitudinally of the rod 12 in order that when a pair of trousers is engaged with the hooks carried by the coat hanger, the trousers bottom clamp may be clamped in position and moved downwardly upon the sectional rod until the trousers are stretched taut longitudinally, then the pin inserted in the underlying opening of the rod.

For stretching the trousers transversely, a pair of clamps are provided for engaging the trousers legs along the creases therein. As each clamp is identically the same in construction, but one will be described. The clamp comprises a pair of rabbeted slats 23 hingedly connected together at their opposing ends as shown at 24c, and each slat is provided with a leaf 25, which fits in the rabbet of the slat as shown in Fig. 3 and is hingedly connected to the slat by hinges 26. By this construction the slats themselves may be moved relatively to each other by virtue of their hinge connections 24, so that the clamp may be operatively positioned upon large or small waisted trousers.

The clamps are arranged on opposite sides of the rod 12, and are connected by cross braces 27, the uppermost of which is pivotally connected to the rod 12 through the instrumentality of a bolt or similar connector 28 and formed in the rod 12 is a plurality of openings 29 which receive this bolt in order to permit of the brace being adjusted longitudinally of the rod. The opposite ends of each cross brace are loosely secured in any preferred manner to the slats of both clamps, the connection here shown being pins 31 passed through the free ends of the cross braces and slats, there being a plurality of orifices 32 in both cross braces for the reception of these pins so that the clamps may be adjusted longitudinally of the cross braces in order to fit various sizes of trousers.

After the bottoms of the trousers have been clamped in the trousers bottom clamp and the trousers stretched longitudinally, the clamps carried by the cross braces are moved so as to be in intimate contact with the trousers creases, and then the hinged leaves of the clamps closed down upon the trousers'as clearly shown in Fig. 3. For holding the leaves in this closed position a plurality of buttons 33 are swiveled on the slats of each clamp and may be rotated so as to engage over the hinged edge of the leaves as clearly shown in Fig. 1. After the clamps have been closed upon the trousers creases, then the slats of each clamp are moved outwardly along the cross braces until the trousers are stretched taut transversely.

It is of importance that the hinges 24 of the clamps are arranged at the trousers knees as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, this construction causing the clamp to assume the shape of very shallow Vs with the apexes of the Vs at the knees of the trousers where the bags usually occur. Each clamp by virtue of the V contour conforms to the shape of the trousers, thus effectively removing the bags hat is claimed, is

l. A trousers hanger including a rod, trousers waist engaging means adjacent one end of the rod, a trousers leg bottom engaging clamp adjustably mounted on said rod and movable relatively to said waist engaging means for maintaining the trouslegs whereby the clamp assumes a V-shaped contour and conforms to the outline ofthe trousers.

2. A trousers hanger including a rod,

trousers waist engaging means adjacent to one end of the rod, a trousers leg bottom engaging clamp adjustably-mounted on's'aid rod and movable relatively to said'vvaist engaging means for maintaining the trousers stretched taut longitudinally, a pair of clamps arranged on opposite sides of said rod, a plurality of cross braces on said rod adjustably secured to said clamps through the instrumentality of pins selectively passed through any one of a series of openings in the brace ends and openings in said clamps, each clamp comprising a pair of longitudinally rabbeted slats hingedly connected together at their opposing ends, a leaf fitting in the rabbet of each slat, hinges arranged on the outer faces of said slats and leaf, and buttons on the outer face of said slat turnable over the outer face of said leaf, the hinges which connect together the opposing ends of each pair of slats permitting of said slats assuming a V-shaped contour when applied whereby to conform to the outline of the trousers.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ASTOR H. STENDAL. "Witnesses:

MILToN MoFADDnN, PETER S. STENDAL.

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